WITNESS LIST

            Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee

            April 15, 2013 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 90

                 For:

                                 Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

                                 Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Lambert, Tim (Self)

                                 Macy, Patricia (Self)

                                 Mark, Dennis (Redeemed Ministries)

                                 Waldon, Barbara (Refuge of light)

                                 Wood, Cecilia (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Guedry, Dale (Texas court reporters association)

            HB 382

                 For:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Lewis, Fred (Self)

                                 Smith, Jason (Self)

                                 Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public citizen)

                                 Swanson, Doug (Dallas Morning News, FOIFT)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chadwick, Ashley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Geiger, Carol (Public Citizen)

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

                                 Snider, Stewart (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

            HB 393

                 For:

                                 Webb, Brian (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                 Against:

                                 Jonte, Barbara (Self)

                                 Medina, Claryssa (Self)

                                 Wood, Cecilia (Self; Concerned Woman for America of Texas)

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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Texas family law fiundation)

                                 McCullar Vavra, Janet (Self; Texas Family Law Foundation)

                 Against:

                                 Carew, Judy (Self)

                                 Carter, Tracy (Self)

                                 Conner, Deborah (Self)

                                 Crouch, Deborah (Self)

                                 Dedear, James (Self)

                                 Dedear, Rebecca (Self)

                                 Exley, Nathan (Self)

                                 Featherston, David (Self)

                                 Featherston, Graham (Self)

                                 Flynn, Carol (Self)

                                 Frank, Alisha (Self)

                                 Franklin, Shelia (Self; North east tarrant tea prty)

                                 Greenwood, Margie (Self)

                                 Hall, Terri (Self)

                                 Harless, Barbara (Self; North Teas Citizen's Lobby)

                                 Hastings, Paul (Self)

                                 Horwath, Kristina (Self)

                                 Huber, David (Self)

                                 Jonte, Marcus (Self)

                                 Jonte, Skyla (Self)

                                 Keoho, Selina (Self)

                                 Lambert, Tim (Self; Tx Home School Coalition)

                                 Loose, Jim (Self)

                                 Loose, Madeleine (Self)

                                 Lopez, Lenny (Self; NE tarrant Tea Party)

                                 Luse, Karen (Self)

                                 Medina, Mario (Self)

                                 Monsalve, Laura (Self)

                                 Newman, Jeremy (Self)

                                 Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)

                                 Redwine, Elisabeth (Self)

                                 Russell, Chassidie (Self)

                                 Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values)

                                 Sanderson, Amy (Self)

                                 Sellers, Danecia (Self)

                                 Smith, Robert (Self)

                                 Snodgrass, Ben (Self)

                                 Sparks, Keli (Self)

                                 Spaun, Mary Ann (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Thompson, Carrie (Self)

                                 Thompson, Harold (Self)

                                 Tifft, Bruce (Self)

                                 Tifft, Susan (Self)

                                 Toppert, Marcy (Self)

                                 White, Kristen (Self)

                                 Williams, Trent (Self)

                                 Woodall, Nancy (Self; Rockwall Oratorical Club)

            HB 1118

                 For:

                                 Adams, Don (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Fitzsimmons, Gary (Dallas County District  Clerk)

                                 Thompson, Andrea (Collin County District Clerk)

                                 Warren, John (County and District Clerks Assoc)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Sohrt, Kaci (Travis County District Clerk)

            HB 1465

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Wood, Cecilia (Self)

            HB 1702

                 For:

                                 Izquierdo, Michael (Self; El Paso Council of Judges)

                                 McGinty, Angus (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Griffith, Melinda (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)

            HB 1710

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Izquierdo, Michael (Self; El Paso Council of Judges)

            HB 2511

                 For:

                                 Green, Charles (Houston Police Department)

                                 Hartle, Barbara (City of Houston Munucipal Courts)

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            HB 2547

                 For:

                                 Jonte, Marcus (Self)

                                 Jonte, Skyla (Self)

                                 Lambert, Tim (Self; Tx Home School Coalition)

                                 Loose, Jim (Self)

                                 Loose, Madeleine (Self)

                                 Russell, Chassidie (Self)

                                 Wood, Cecilia (Self; Concerned Woman for America of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 McCullar Vavra, Janet (Self; Texas Family Law Foundation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Carew, Judy (Self)

                                 Carter, Tracy (Self)

                                 Crouch, Deborah (Self)

                                 Dedear, James (Self)

                                 Dedear, Rebecca (Self)

                                 Everett, Carol (Self)

                                 Exley, Nathan (Self)

                                 Featherston, David (Self)

                                 Featherston, Graham (Self)

                                 Flynn, Carol (Self)

                                 Frank, Alisha (Self)

                                 Greenwood, Margie (Self)

                                 Hall, Terri (Self)

                                 Harless, Barbara (Self; North Teas Citizen's Lobby)

                                 Hastings, Paul (Self)

                                 Hettinger, Ann (Self; Concerned Women for America)

                                 Horwath, Kristina (Self)

                                 Huber, David (Self)

                                 Jonte, Barbara (Self)

                                 Keoho, Selina (Self)

                                 Lopez, Lenny (Self; NE tarrant Tea Party)

                                 Luse, Karen (Self)

                                 Medina, Claryssa (Self)

                                 Medina, Mario (Self)

                                 Monsalve, Laura (Self)

                                 Newman, Jeremy (Self)

                                 Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)

                                 Redwine, Elisabeth (Self)

                                 Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values)

                                 Sanderson, Amy (Self)

                                 Sellers, Danecia (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Simpson, Susan (Self)

                                 Smith, Donna (Self)

                                 Smith, Robert (Self)

                                 Snodgrass, Ben (Self)

                                 Sparks, Keli (Self)

                                 Spaun, Mary Ann (Self)

                                 Spiller, Lee (Self; Citizens Commission on Human Rights)

                                 Thompson, Carrie (Self)

                                 Thompson, Harold (Self)

                                 Tifft, Bruce (Self)

                                 Tifft, Susan (Self)

                                 Toppert, Marcy (Self)

                                 White, Kristen (Self)

                                 Williams, Trent (Self)

                                 Woodall, Nancy (Self; Rockwall Oratorical Club)

                 Against:

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Texas family law fiundation)

                                 Webb, Brian (Texas Family Law Foundation)

            HB 2772

                 For:

                                 Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)

                                 McGinty, Angus (Self)

                 On:

                                 Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration)

            HB 2930

                 For:

                                 Allen, Tom (City of Houston)

                 On:

                                 Houston, Scott (Texas municipal league)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)

                 Against:

                                 Pomeroy, Cory (Texas Oil and Gas Association)

            HB 3170

                 For:

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Wallace, B R "Skipper" (Self; Republican County Chairs Association)

                 Against:

                                 Dufresne, Jc (Self)

                                 Gaston, James (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Haltom, Sondra (Empower the vote texas)

            HB 3241

                 For:

                                 Mark, Dennis (Redeemed Ministries)

                 On:

                                 Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Craft, Lon (TMPA)

                                 Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

                                 Macy, Patricia (Self)

                                 Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)

                                 Waldon, Barbara (Refuge of light)

                 On:

                                 Barr, Geoff (The Office of the Texas Attorney General)

            HB 3748

                 For:

                                 Buckner, Chan (Harris County Attorney)

                                 Sisk, Cathy (Harris County)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)

                                 Hanes, Kelly (Self; Austin Humane Society)

            SB 825

                 For:

                                 Ratliff, Thomas (Mr. Michael Morton)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Defender Service)

                                 Eigler, Cindy (Self; Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Yanez-Correa, Ana (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                 On:

                                 Acevedo, Linda (State Bar of Texas)

                                 Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)

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